American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

American Law Institute Photograph Collection

ALI.11.001

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held
at the University of Pennsylvania. Unless
otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our
reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

This finding is for digital images of photographs within the ALI collection. The originals are located at the American Law
Institute in Philadelphia, as well as here, at the ALI Archives.

Abstract:

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
An association of practitioners and scholars known as the “Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for
Improvement of Law” published a study that recommended a lawyers’ organization be formed to improve the law and its administration.
The committee was chaired by Elihu Root and counted Learned Hand, Benjamin Cardozo, and Samuel Williston among its members.
This photograph collection is comprised of portraits of ALI directors, presidents, members, and staff. Also included are photographs
from the Annual Meeting, including the 1st Annual Meeting in 1923.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the American Law Institute Photograph Collection, American Law Institute, ALI.11.001, Biddle
Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." To that end, the ALI has held annual meetings since its inception to adopt its restatements and other codification
projects, discuss drafts, analyze pending legislation and aspects of the law, set policy, and initialize new projects. The
collection, 1923-1995, includes correspondence, addresses and remarks, reports on codification projects and other ALI-related
activity, annual meeting programs, yearbooks, proceedings, and related records regarding activity at the ALI's annual meetings.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the American Law Institute Annual Meeting Records, ALI.10, Biddle Law Library, University of
Pennsylvania Law School.

In 1952, the American Law Institute secured funding for an exploratory project on possible work in antitrust law. Robert R.
Bowie was appointed Reporter for the project. In 1953, a report was published, but no further action was taken by ALI. Work
on the project continued throughout the 1960s, with a resolution adopted in 1961 that a project related to antitrust law be
recommenced in the next round of funding. Correspondence, reports, and other records, 1950-1963, related to a study commissioned
by the American Law Institute regarding possible work in the field of anti-trust and patent law.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Anti-Trust and Patent Law Project Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.029, Biddle
Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The collection, 1922-2004, includes minutes, correspondence, reports, and related records regarding the activity of
the American Law Institute's Executive Committee, Finance and Development Committee, Investment Committee, and Membership
Committee.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the American Law Institute Committee Records, American Law Institute Archives Collection #29,
Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The collection, 1924-2003, includes minutes, correspondence, reports, and related records regarding the activity of
the American Law Institute Council.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the American Law Institute Council Records, American Law Institute Archives Collection #28, Biddle
Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

In 1938, the American Law Institute (ALI) formed the Criminal Justice--Youth Committee to review the findings of a New York
City study of criminal behavior among young people called "Youth in the Toils." The culmination of the committee's work was
the Model Youth Correction Authority Act, a model act that favored the integration of a number of youth treatment processes
already employed by various states. The committee also proposed the creation of a Youth Authority, a state-wide panel that
would handle sentencing guidelines, with an emphasis on treatment and not punishment, for all underage criminal offenders.
Following the Model Youth Corrections Authority Act's promulgation in 1940, the ALI appointed a special adviser, John R. Ellingston,
to help states adopt Youth Authority legislation. This outreach effort was known as the Youth Authority Program. The Youth
Authority Program lasted until 1951. The collection, 1935-1959, includes background information, correspondence, meeting minutes,
drafts, comments, memoranda, reports, publications, and related material regarding the drafting of the Model Youth Correction
Authority Act, adopted by the ALI in 1940, and the Youth Authority Program, an initiative that encouraged state adoption of
the Youth Authority legislation.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Criminal Justice--Youth Committee Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.024, Biddle
Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

The Executive Office of the American Law Institute (ALI) performs the organization's major administrative functions, including
fundraising, negotiating publication of ALI materials, and coordinating ALI projects. With most of the Reporters located at
institutions all over the world, the office also serves as the central depository for the collection of records related to
ALI projects. The collection, 1923-1999, primarily includes letters written by and received from staff in the ALI's Executive
Office, including the Director and Deputy Director. For more detailed information about the scope and content of this collection,
please consult the individual series.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Executive Office Record Group, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.02, Biddle Law Library,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The Federal Income, State, and Gift Tax Project consisted of a series of non-binding recommendations to students, teachers,
litigators, and legislators as they dealt with the evolving tax code. The collection, 1946-1981 (bulk: 1949-1969), includes
correspondence, meeting minutes, drafts, memoranda, commentary, outside publications, and related records concerning various
tax-related projects conducted by the ALI from the mid-1940s to 1969.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Federal Income, Estate, and Gift Tax Project, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.011,
Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Located offsite at the University Records Center. Department collection number is AR01, followed by a four-digit box number
(i.e. 0001 is for Box 1 of the collection, 0002 for Box 2, and so forth). For more information, consult past records transfer
forms at G:\groups\biddle\SC\archives\administration\records center transfers.

Language:

English

Abstract:

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The ALI worked on the First Restatement of the Law from 1923-1944. The project attempted to clarify nine broad subject
areas of law: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Judgments, Property, Restitution, Security, Torts, and Trusts. Two other
subject areas, Business Associations and Sales of Land, were explored but never officially adopted by the ALI. The final draft
of the restatement was approved at the ALI Annual meeting in May 1942. The collection, 1923-1959 and undated, includes drafts,
comments, correspondence, meeting minutes, state annotations, and other materials related to the First Restatement of the
Law, which sought to codify and simplify the law. Nine broad subject areas include: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Judgments,
Property, Restitution, Security, Torts, and Trusts. Official Institute drafts make up the bulk of the collection. State annotations
constitute the second largest portion, while the remainder of the collection consists of correspondence from and to reporters
about the restatements.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the First Restatement of the Law Records, ALI.04.001, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania
Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Following the publication of the First Restatement of the Law, in 1936 the American Law Institute (ALI) held a series of meetings
and published a series of reports that considered what additional areas of the law might be selected for future restatement
projects. Work on the project continued into the mid-1940s. Many fields were considered, but only a few were actually selected
for inclusion in future restatement projects. The collection, 1929-1968 and undated (bulk: 1929-1948), includes correspondence,
reports, memoranda, and other records related to areas of the law up for consideration for future restatement projects, including
business associations, industrial relations, and monopolies.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Future of the Institute Records, American Law Institute Archives Collection #20, Biddle Law
Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

In the course of establishing what would become the First Restatement of the Law, the American Law Institute (ALI) considered
including a clarification of the Law of Evidence. However, due to perceived deficiencies in the law, the American Law Institute
resolved to begin a project that would provide a thorough reworking of the existing law of evidence. In 1939, the ALI secured
funding to develop such a project. Edmund M. Morgan served as Reporter, and John H. Wigmore served as Chief Consultant. The
resulting body of law was the Model Code of Evidence, adopted by the ALI in May 1942. The collection, 1939-1954, includes
correspondence, meeting minutes, drafts, memoranda, commentary, outside publications, and related material concerning the
drafting and adoption of the Model Code of Evidence, an effort to standardize common-law evidence rules.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Model Code of Evidence Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.010, Biddle Law Library,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Located offsite at the University Records Center. Department collection number is AR05, followed by a four-digit box number
(i.e. 0001 is for Box 1 of the collection, 0002 for Box 2, and so forth). For more information, consult past records transfer
forms at G:\groups\biddle\SC\archives\administration\records center transfers.

Language:

English

Abstract:

The Model Penal Code, first completed in 1962 and revised and expanded over the next 20 years, played an important role in
the revision and codification of criminal law. The Chief Reporter on the project was Herbert Wechsler. A Criminal Law Advisory
Committee was established to provide the reportorial staff with guidance in the drafting of the Code. A Proposed Official
Draft was published in 1962. This version generated wide response among legislatures and courts, prompting a revision and
expansion of the code's commentaries that began in 1976. A final version of the Model Penal Code, with revised commentaries,
was published in 1985. The Code proved to be particularly influential in the areas of jurisdiction, double jeopardy, responsibility,
criminal attempts, theft, abortion, obscenity, sentencing, and capital punishment. The collection, 1942-1985, includes correspondence,
meeting materials, proceedings, drafts, reports, reference materials, published versions, citations, and related records regarding
the drafting of the Model Penal Code, which consolidated and codified previous legislation and judicial opinions related to
criminal law.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Model Penal Code Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.005, Biddle Law Library,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The American Law Institute has often recorded its meetings, during which its members discuss topics related to the governance
and projects of the Institute. The collection 1958-1992, contains reel-to-reel audiotapes of American Law Institute Annual
Meetings, Council Meetings, and project meetings.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Reel-to-Reel Audio Record Group, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.011, Biddle Law Library,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

In 1934, the American Law Institute (ALI) started publishing volumes entitled The Restatement in the Courts, a supplemental
tool that provided references to court decisions that had cited the ALI's Restatements of the Law. The collection, 1937-1976,
includes editions of The Restatement in the Courts and undated indices.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Restatement in the Courts Volumes, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.019, Biddle Law
Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The Second Restatement of the Law was an update to the American Law Institute's initial project, the First Restatement
of the Law. The project secured initial funding through a Mellon grant in 1952 and was completed in 1988. The Second Restatement
of the Law attempted to refine the clarification of nine broad subject areas of law: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts,
Foreign Relations Law, Judgments, Property, Restitution, Torts, and Trusts. The ALI added two principal areas to the Second
Restatement projects: Foreign Relations Law, and Landlord and Tenant Relations. The collection, 1947-1990 and undated, includes
drafts, comments, correspondence, meeting minutes, state annotations, and other materials related to the Second Restatement
of the Law, which sought to improve upon the codification project first established in the First Restatement of the Law. Nine
broad subject areas include: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Foreign Relations Law, Judgments, Property, Restitution,
Torts, and Trusts. Official Institute drafts make up the bulk of the collection. State annotations constitute the second largest
portion, while the remainder of the collection consists of correspondence to and from reporters about the restatements, comments
from ALI members and outside experts, and related material.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Second Restatement of the Law Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.002, Biddle
Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

In the midst of World War II, the American Law Institute convened a committee in 1941 to study the international community's
position regarding human rights law. The committee's charge was to develop a Statement of Essential Human Rights. William
Draper Lewis, then Director of the American Law Institute, was chair of the committee and the project's most outspoken advocate,
touring the world to deliver speeches on the importance of a code of basic human rights. International in scope and in participation,
the committee included representatives from Britain, Canada, China, France, pre-Nazi Germany, Italy, India, Latin America,
Poland, Soviet Russia, Spain, and Syria. A version of the Statement of Essential Human Rights was finalized in 1945. The collection,
1929-1987 and undated, includes research material, constitutions, letters, conference and meeting material, drafts, publications,
the writings of William Draper Lewis, and other records related to the drafting of the Statement of Essential Human Rights,
finalized in 1945. The bulk of the records spans the years 1941 to 1945.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Statement of Essential Human Rights Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.006,
Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Summary Information

Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts Records

Date [inclusive]:

1959-1969

Call Number:

ALI.04.007

Extent:

1.5 cubic feet

Language:

English

Text: [Box]

2

Container:

1-14

Text: [Box]

1

Container:

1-24

Abstract:

At the May 1959 Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute (ALI), Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren encouraged the
ALI to undertake a study to define the jurisdictions of state and federal courts. Following a feasibility study by Professor
Charles Bunn, the ALI assembled a group of its members to create the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and
Federal Courts, promulgated in 1968. The resulting study formed the basis of Title 28 in the United States Code. The collection,
1959-1969, includes a preliminary study, drafts, memoranda, correspondence, and related records concerning the drafting and
adoption of the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts Records, American
Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.007, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was the result of a joint project between the American Law Institute (ALI) and the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (NCCUSL). Work on the UCC began in 1945 in response to a perceived need by
members of both ALI and NCCUSL to consolidate a number of uniform laws, previously enacted by NCCUSL, related to commercial
transactions. NCCUSL was established in 1891 for the purpose of codifying state law by creating uniform laws and model acts.
ALI was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American Law. The Institute had previously
developed a codification of particular areas of the law, known as the Restatement of the Law. Thus, cooperation between ALI
and NCCUSL on the UCC presented a likely partnership. The first version of the UCC was approved in 1951. Over the next few
years, the states responded to, analyzed, and amended the UCC. In 1961, the Permanent Editorial Board was established to review
and help revise the UCC on a continual basis in accordance with the evolving culture of commercial transactions. As a result,
the revision of the Uniform Commercial is an ongoing cooperative project between ALI and NCCUSL. The collection, 1935-2003,
include historical records, drafts, comments, correspondence, and other materials related to the creation of the Uniform Commercial
Code, which consolidated and codified previous uniform laws related to commercial transaction.

Cite as:

[Identification of item], in the Uniform Commercial Code Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.004, Biddle Law
Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Biography/History

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
An association of practitioners and scholars known as the “Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for
Improvement of Law” published a study that recommended a lawyers’ organization be formed to improve the law and its administration.
The committee was chaired by Elihu Root and counted Learned Hand, Benjamin Cardozo, and Samuel Williston among its members.

The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American bar (including judges, lawyers, and law professors) for
the stated mission “to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs,
to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.” Former
Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute’s first director, running the organization’s operations out of his campus
office.

The Institute’s first project was a comprehensive Restatement of the Law, completed in 1944. The nine broad areas of the common
law analyzed and restated were Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Judgments, Property, Restitution, Security, Torts, and
Trusts. In the 1950s, the institute began work on the Second Restatement series, which updated the original Restatements,
reflected new analyses and concepts, and expanded upon the authorities used in reaching the conclusions set forth. The Second
Restatement also treated some subjects not included in its predecessor, such as Foreign Relations Law and Landlord and Tenant
Law. In 1987 the institute began its Third Restatement of the Law.

Eventually, the ALI grew to encompass other projects in addition to the restatements, notably, the codification projects (including
the Model Code of Evidence, Code of nal Procedure, and Model Penal Code) and legal education. Since 1944, the Institute has
cooperated with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in developing and monitoring the Uniform Commercial
Code, or UCC. The Institute has worked with the American Bar Association since 1947 to provide a multifaceted, national program
of continuing legal education aimed at enhancing the competence of the practicing bar. The Institute also engages in intensive
examination and analysis of other legal areas thought to need reform. These projects have dealt with topics such as Federal
Taxation, Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts, Complex Litigation, and Corporate Governance.

In addition, the ALI has worked with the American Bar Association since 1947 in a multifaceted national program of continuing
legal education aimed at enhancing the competence of the practicing bar. The program is known today as the American Law Institute-American
Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Committee on Professional Education.

Biography/History

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in
1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law. Former Penn Law Dean
William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of his campus office. The ALI was conceived
as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and Law Professors) for the stated mission "to
promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration
of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work." To that end, the ALI has held annual meetings
since its inception to adopt its restatements and other codification projects, discuss
drafts, analyze pending
legislation and aspects of the law, set policy, and initialize new projects.

Biography/History

In 1952, the American Law Institute secured funding for an exploratory project on possible work in antitrust law. Robert R.
Bowie was appointed Reporter for the project. In 1953, a report was published, but no further action was taken by ALI. Work
on the project continued throughout the 1960s, with a resolution adopted in 1961 that a project related to antitrust law be
recommenced in the next round of funding.

Biography/History

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work."

Biography/History

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work."

Biography/History

In
1938, the American Law Institute (
ALI) formed the Criminal Justice--Youth Committee to review the findings of a New York City study of
criminal behavior among
minors called "

Youth in the Toils." The culmination of the committee's work was the
Model Youth Correction Authority Act (also known as the "
Youth Correction Authority Act" and the "
Youth Court Act"), a model act that favored the integration of a number of
youth treatment processes already employed by various states. The committee also proposed the creation of a
Youth Authority, a state-wide panel that would handle sentencing guidelines, with an emphasis on treatment and not punishment, for all
underagecriminal offenders.

The Model Youth Correction Authority Act was adopted by the ALI in
1940. Following its promulgation, the ALI appointed a special adviser,
John R. Ellingston, to help states adopt Youth Authority legislation. This outreach effort was known as the
Youth Authority Program. The Youth Authority Program lasted until
1951.

Biography/History

The Executive Office of the American Law Institute (ALI) performs the organization's major administrative functions, including
fundraising, negotiating publication of ALI materials, and coordinating ALI projects. With most of the Reporters located at
institutions all over the world, the office also serves as the central depository for the collection of records related to
ALI projects. The Director and Deputy Director are closely involved in all of ALI's projects and are copied on much of the
correspondence created by Reporters. The Director receives comments from outside individuals and organizations that wish to
express their opinions on ALI projects.

Biography/History

In the mid-1940s, the American Law Institute (
ALI) set about to analyze the law as it related to
income tax. Known as the Income Tax Project, the primary objective was not to codify the law but to provide analysis of issues as they
related to the United States' increasingly complex
tax code. In
1954, the ALI published its first suggestions, known as the
February 1954 Draft. The draft was made available to tax specialists and especially Congress, which was considering a major overhaul of
the
income tax law (which became the
Internal Revenue Code in April 1954).

In subsequent years, the ALI analyzed specific aspects of the Internal Revenue code, publishing a suggestive framework for
dealing with the problems but never formally adopting any of its findings. These projects included a study of
corporate taxation (1956-1958),
capital gains taxation (1959-1960), and
donative transactions and
accessions tax (1961-1968). The groups within ALI that worked on these projects included the
Tax Policy Committee (the primary group), special consultants, reporters, and the
Tax Advisory Group (which was made up of members from the Tax Policy Committee and tax specialists not necessarily affiliated with the ALI).
Unlike its earlier codification projects, the Federal Income, State, and Gift Tax Project (as it would eventually be known)
consisted of a series of non-binding recommendations to students, teachers, litigators, and legislators as they dealt with
the evolving
tax code.

The ALI adjourned the
Income Tax Project in
1969. It was revived under different personnel in
1974 in a renewed effort to analyze updates in the tax code.

Biography/History

The First Restatement of the Law was the first project of the American Law Institute (ALI). The ALI worked on the first restatement
from 1923 to 1944. The project attempted to clarify nine broad subject areas of law: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts,
Judgments, Property, Restitution, Security, Torts, and Trusts. Two other subject areas, Business Associations and Sales of
Land, were explored but never officially adopted by the ALI. The final draft of the restatement was approved at the ALI Annual
meeting in May 1942.

Biography/History

Following the publication of the First Restatement of the Law, in
1936 the American Law Institute (
ALI) held a series of meetings and published a series of reports that considered what additional areas of the law might be selected
for
future restatement projects. Work on the project continued into the mid-1940s. Many fields were considered, but only a few were actually selected for
inclusion in future restatement projects.

Biography/History

In the course of establishing what would become the First Restatement of the Law, the American Law Institute (
ALI) considered including a clarification of the Law of Evidence. However, due to perceived deficiencies in the law, the American
Law Institute resolved to begin a project that would provide a thorough reworking of the existing law of evidence. In
1939, the ALI secured funding to develop such a project.
Edmund M. Morgan served as Reporter, and
John H. Wigmore served as Chief Consultant. The resulting body of law was the Model Code of Evidence, adopted by the ALI in
May 1942.

Biography/History

The Model Penal Code, first completed in
1962 and revised and expanded over the next 20 years, played an important role in the revision and codification of
criminal law. Work on the project began in earnest in
1952, following initial funding by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Chief Reporter on the project was
Herbert Wechsler. A
Criminal Law Advisory Committee was established to provide the reportorial staff with guidance in the drafting of the Code. The committee collected academics,
practitioners, judges, and other experts in criminal law.

The original Model Penal Code project generated 13 Tentative Drafts, published from
1953 to
1960. A proposed Final Draft followed in
1961, followed the by Proposed Official Draft in 1962. This 1962 version generated wide response among legislatures and courts,
prompting a revision and expansion of the code's
commentaries that began in
1976.

A final version of the Model Penal Code, with revised commentaries, was published in
1985. The Code proved to be particularly influential in the areas of jurisdiction,
double jeopardy,
responsibility,
criminal attempts,
theft,
abortion,
obscenity,
sentencing, and
capital punishment.

Biography/History

Biography/History

In 1934, the American Law Institute (ALI) started publishing volumes entitled The Restatement in the Courts, a supplemental
tool that provided references to court decisions that had cited the ALI's Restatements of the Law.

Biography/History

The Second Restatement of the Law was an update to the American Law Institute's initial project, the First Restatement of
the Law. The project secured initial funding through a Mellon grant in 1952 and was completed in 1988. The Second Restatement
of the Law attempted to refine the clarification of nine broad subject areas of law: Agency, Conflict of Laws, Contracts,
Foreign Relations Law, Judgments, Property, Restitution, Torts, and Trusts. The ALI added two principal areas to the Second
Restatement projects: Foreign Relations Law, and Landlord and Tenant Relations.

Biography/History

In the midst of World War II, the American Law Institute convened a committee in
1941 to study the international community's position regarding
human rights law. The committee's charge was to develop a Statement of Essential Human Rights, whose goal was "to define the indispensable
human rights in terms that would be acceptable to men of good will in all nations."
William Draper Lewis, then acting director of the American Law Institute, was chair of the committee and the project's most outspoken advocate,
touring the world to deliver speeches on the importance of a code of basic human rights. International in scope and in participation,
the committee included representatives from Britain, Canada, China, France, pre-Nazi Germany, Italy, India, Latin America,
Poland, Soviet Russia, Spain, and Syria.

A version of the Statement of Essential Human Rights was finalized in
1945. However, the document was not formally adopted by the American Law Institute because of disputes over some of the language
in the document, particularly regarding the
economic rights of individuals. However, the document proved to be lasting influence on the human rights movement that followed, especially
in the drafting of the
United Nations'
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, promulgated in 1948.

Biography/History

At the
May 1959 Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute (ALI), Supreme Court Chief Justice
Earl Warren encouraged the ALI to undertake a study to define the jurisdictions of state and federal courts. Following a feasibility
study by Professor
Charles Bunn, the ALI assembled a group of its members to create the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts,
promulgated in
1968.
Richard Field,
Paul J. Mishkin, and
Charles Alan Wright served as reporters on the project. The resulting study formed the basis of
Title 28 in the

Biography/History

The
Uniform Commercial Code (
UCC) was the result of a joint project between the
American Law Institute (
ALI) and the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (
NCCUSL). Work on the UCC began in 1945 in response to a perceived need by members of both ALI and NCCUSL to consolidate a number
of
uniform laws, previously enacted by NCCUSL, related to
commercial transactions. NCCUSL was established in 1891 for the purpose of codifying state law by creating uniform laws and
model acts. ALI was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law. The Institute had previously
developed a codification of particular areas of the law, known as the Restatement of the Law. Thus, cooperation between ALI
and NCCUSL on the UCC presented a likely partnership.

The first version of the UCC was approved in 1952. Over the next few years, the states responded to, analyzed, and amended
the UCC. In 1961, the
Permanent Editorial Board was established to review and help revise the UCC on a continual basis in accordance with the evolving culture of commercial
transactions. As a result, the revision of the Uniform Commercial is an ongoing cooperative project between ALI and NCCUSL.
Revisions to the UCC began in 1967. Over the next 40 years, NCCUSL and ALI studied and revised various articles. UCC revision
is an ongoing project that continues to this day.

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The American Law Institute Committee Records, 1922-2004, include
minutes,
correspondence,
reports, and related records regarding the activity of the American Law Institute's
Executive Committee,
Finance and
Development Committee,
Investment Committee, and
Membership Committee.

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The Executive Office Record Group, 1923-1999, primarily includes letters written by and received from staff in the ALI's Executive
Office, including the Director and Deputy Director. For more detailed information about the scope and content of this collection,
please consult the individual series.

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The Future of the Institute Records, 1929-1968 and undated (bulk: 1929-1948), include
correspondence,
reports,
memoranda, and other records related to areas of the law up for consideration for future restatement projects, including
business associations,
industrial relations, and
monopolies.

The Correspondence series includes among
William Draper Lewis,
Herbert F. Goodrich, and other parties concerning the drafting of the Model Code of Evidence.

The Meeting Records series primarily includes minutes of meetings of the
Code of Evidence Conference.

The
Committee on Evidence series primarily includes
correspondence among members of the Committee on Evidence, the main group involved in the drafting of the Code of Evidence.
This series also includes materials related to the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law's
Uniform Rules of Evidence.

The Drafts series includes drafts created by the committee that created the Model Code of Evidence. This series also includes
some comments by Chief Consultant
John H. Wigmore, whose
commentary on drafts was sometimes adopted as an official draft document by the committee.

The Comments and Memoranda series includes comments and memoranda submitted by individuals who served as consultants to Model
Code of Evidence Project, as well as organizations and other people interested in the project. Some of John H. Wigmore's comments
were officially adopted as draft documents by the Committee on Evidence, and can therefore be found in the Drafts series.

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The Model Penal Code Records, 1942-1985, include
correspondence,
meeting records,
proceedings,
drafts,
reports,
reference materials,
publications,
citations, and related records regarding the drafting of the Model Penal Code, from the project's early days of fundraising to its
final publication in 1985.

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The Second Restatement of Law Records, 1947-1990 and undated, include drafts, comments, correspondence, meeting minutes, state
annotations, and other materials related to the Second Restatement of the Law, which sought to improve upon the codification
project first established in the First Restatement of the Law. Nine broad subject areas include: Agency, Conflict of Laws,
Contracts, Foreign Relations Law, Judgments, Property (also known as Landlord and Tenant Law), Restitution, Torts, and Trusts.
Official Institute drafts make up the bulk of the collection. State annotations constitute the second largest portion, while
the remainder of the collection consists of correspondence to and from reporters about the restatements, comments from ALI
members and outside experts, and related material.

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The Statement of Essential Human Rights Records, 1929-1987 and undated, include research material,
constitutions,
letters,
conference and meeting records,
drafts, publications, the writings of
William Draper Lewis, and other records related to the drafting of the Statement of Essential Human Rights, finalized in 1945. The bulk of the
records spans the years 1941 to 1945.

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The Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts Records, 1959-1969, include a
preliminary study,
drafts,
memoranda,
correspondence, and related records concerning the drafting and adoption of the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and
Federal Courts, promulgated in
1968.

The preliminary study series includes a copy of a speech delivered by Supreme Court Justice
Earl Warren to the American Law Institute, in which Warren calls for the ALI to study the jurisdictions between state and federal courts,
and the preliminary study by
Charles Bunn that resulted from Warren's address.

Other Finding Aids note

Location of offline container list

G:\groups\biddle\SC\archives\repositories\ALI\prcoessed collections\restatement1.xls. This is a revision of an older (lost)
container list, so information is not as detailed as the previous version, but it's still good enough for you to find what
you need.